A recently released Forbes study named the most and least-educated cities in America, and Salinas was ranked as the second-least educated city."I looked at it and it offended me because I thought, I have 40,000 farm workers living in my city that feed 90 percent of the world with their produce, and these aren't unskilled jobs," Mayor Joe Gunter said.But those jobs don't require a degree, which is one of the key factors used by the list.VIDEO: Forbes ranks Salinas second to lastCities are ranked based on nine factors, including the percentage of adults with a high school diploma, associate's or graduate degree, number of doctors per capita, percentage of workers with jobs in computer, engineering and science fields, the quality of public schools and universities and number of students enrolled in the top 200 universities."We don't have a lot of engineers, but we have a lot of very good hardworking people that they're not giving credit to with this article," Gunter said.Gunter said the agricultural hub has a very young population, with the median age at 28.He said the agricultural world may not produce a lot of doctors, but it puts world-class produce on the table."When you have families that are struggling with issues of poverty, homelessness, gangs, a myriad of issues in households today, that has significant impact in schools," said teacher and City Council Member Jyl Lutes. "When that child walks in that classroom door, how well prepared are they to learn? That's what it comes down to. I'd submit that if you look at the cities at the top and the cities at the bottom, that there's a huge disparity of income and wealth. And that's the problem. It's the wealth gap."Beaumont, Texas was ranked as the least-educated city in America. Modesto, Visalia, Bakersfield and Fresno also made the top ten.Ann Arbor, Michigan tops the list of most-educated city. The ranking shows it's population to be best educated, and have the highest number of residents with degrees.San Jose also made the top 10 most-educated list, coming in at number seven.

SALINAS, Calif. —

A recently released Forbes study named the most and least-educated cities in America, and Salinas was ranked as the second-least educated city.

"I looked at it and it offended me because I thought, I have 40,000 farm workers living in my city that feed 90 percent of the world with their produce, and these aren't unskilled jobs," Mayor Joe Gunter said.

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Cities are ranked based on nine factors, including the percentage of adults with a high school diploma, associate's or graduate degree, number of doctors per capita, percentage of workers with jobs in computer, engineering and science fields, the quality of public schools and universities and number of students enrolled in the top 200 universities.

"We don't have a lot of engineers, but we have a lot of very good hardworking people that they're not giving credit to with this article," Gunter said.

Gunter said the agricultural hub has a very young population, with the median age at 28.

He said the agricultural world may not produce a lot of doctors, but it puts world-class produce on the table.

"When you have families that are struggling with issues of poverty, homelessness, gangs, a myriad of issues in households today, that has significant impact in schools," said teacher and City Council Member Jyl Lutes. "When that child walks in that classroom door, how well prepared are they to learn? That's what it comes down to. I'd submit that if you look at the cities at the top and the cities at the bottom, that there's a huge disparity of income and wealth. And that's the problem. It's the wealth gap."

Beaumont, Texas was ranked as the least-educated city in America. Modesto, Visalia, Bakersfield and Fresno also made the top ten.

Ann Arbor, Michigan tops the list of most-educated city. The ranking shows it's population to be best educated, and have the highest number of residents with degrees.

San Jose also made the top 10 most-educated list, coming in at number seven.